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In this post we shall go over the remaining configuration on “ Pools” and “Virtual Servers” of the NSX Load Balancing for VMware Unified Access Gateway. 4. Configure the Load Balancing – Pools Overall we will be creating four Pools as follows: Click on the green plus sign to add a new pool In the Name field, type: XXX-UAG-POOL-8443 Leave the Description blank For Algorithm , pick IP-HASH Leave Algorithm Parameters blank For Monitors , pick default_tcp_monitor Click on the green plus sign to add a new pool In the Name field, type: XXX-UAG-POOL-4172TCP Leave the Description blank For Algorithm , pick IP-HASH Leave Algorithm Parameters blank For Monitors , pick default_tcp_monitor Click on the green plus sign to add a new pool In the Name field, type: XXX-UAG-POOL-4172UDP Leave the Description blank For Algorithm , pick IP-HASH Leave Algorithm Parameters blank For Monitors , pick default_tcp_monitor Click on the green plus sign to add a new pool In the Name field, type: XXX-UA...

This blog post will be a two part series showing you step by step on how to load balance VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) using the VMware NSX . There are quite a few options such as F5, KEMP etc. available to do the load balancing of the UAG appliance but in this post we shall deep dive into NSX Load balancing. The objective in a production deployment is to load balance multiple UAG appliances deployed in the DMZ. Load Balancing of multiple VMware UAG Appliances There are plenty of guidance available on how to create the NSX Edge to do the load balancing . I am not going to cover those steps in this blog. Instead I will fast forward to the Load Balancing configurations required to do Unified Access Gateway. Pre-Installation Checklist This list should include everything that needs to be available BEFORE we start to install the UAG Load Balancer. A pair of UAG Appliances should be deployed The admin page of both the UAG appliances should be accessible Create a X-Large NSX Edge and m...